Democracy and Social Growth in America: Four LecturesG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898 - 129 strani |
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... civilization . There was ample room for millions to take essen- tially similar places . Under these circum- stances , men necessarily and inevitably drifted towards the enjoyment of common rights and privileges , and the law in the ...
... civilization . There was ample room for millions to take essen- tially similar places . Under these circum- stances , men necessarily and inevitably drifted towards the enjoyment of common rights and privileges , and the law in the ...
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... civilization and affili . ate with them on a lower plane . They compromised with them both physically and spiritually . The English policy has tended to the ultimate extermination of the barbarians ; but the Indians who have survived ...
... civilization and affili . ate with them on a lower plane . They compromised with them both physically and spiritually . The English policy has tended to the ultimate extermination of the barbarians ; but the Indians who have survived ...
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... civilization at the point to which it had been advanced by the parent nation . In the other case , the colony finds itself en- dowed with more or less of the taint and bias of barbarism , and is thus outranked by colonies of the higher ...
... civilization at the point to which it had been advanced by the parent nation . In the other case , the colony finds itself en- dowed with more or less of the taint and bias of barbarism , and is thus outranked by colonies of the higher ...
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... civilization . For the advantage possessed by the people of the United States , in being able to start on a course of national progress without a handicap , they are indebted largely to the wise discretion of their colonial ancestors ...
... civilization . For the advantage possessed by the people of the United States , in being able to start on a course of national progress without a handicap , they are indebted largely to the wise discretion of their colonial ancestors ...
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... civilization , and are , therefore , subject to the forces already con- sidered , which make for inequality , and lead away from democracy . European society , therefore , presents two phases of the transition movement . It is slowly ...
... civilization , and are , therefore , subject to the forces already con- sidered , which make for inequality , and lead away from democracy . European society , therefore , presents two phases of the transition movement . It is slowly ...
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advantage affairs already America appears attained authority become body canton of Switzerland cantons century cial citizens civilization co-operation complete conflict consequently conspicuous corporations democracy democracy in America democratic spirit ditions duction economic employers ences enlightened equality of material ernment essentially European existence expect fact favor forces form of government form of society French Revolution furnish G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS governmental half-knowledge ideal important independent individual industrial inequality of material influence institutions intellectual intelligence knowledge laborers ligion lives maintained material conditions means mediæval ment method monarchical moreover movement nation nomic organization persons phases political position present preserve principle progress realize relation religion republic result Revolution Roman empire Roman Republic seek separation of trades social development social equality social growth socialistic society grows Spanish strong superior tend tendency tion true trusts universal universal suffrage wealth
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Stran 20 - Moses said that with no restrictions placed upon the movements of individual members of such a society, "the fittest in the several lines of activity acquire positions of advantage, and the less fit fall behind or are crowded to the wall.
Stran 18 - The golden age of English oratory, which extends over the last quarter of the eighteenth and the first quarter of the nineteenth centuries, produced no speaker, either in Parliament or at the Bar, superior in persuasive force and artistic finish to Thomas Lord Erskine.
Stran 23 - ... equality of material conditions to inequality of material conditions as a characteristic feature of progress under freedom, particularly as it appears in industrial society . . . whether the government interferes in behalf of individuals, or simply stands for order the outcome of industrial development will be essentially the same in both cases, and that an increasing inequality.85 To mitigate this dismal trend Moses could offer only the inculcation of a strong religious faith and an "awakening...